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Quest
Defend the Gates!
A World of Warcraft quest in Azshara. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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If you have any AddOn which replaces the default quest tracker Quest Guru for instance, you will likely have a problem turning in this quest.
Thanks for the help Cronollo and Tzieq, that was the problem. I was using TomTom quest 2 and when I disabled it I got the button for quest turn in and was instantly able to acquire the next quest in the chain; "Arboricide"
Quest facts
LevelLevel 5-30
ZoneAzshara
Quest ID14146
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(14146))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineAzshara, step 4 of 88
Rewards4,100 XP
Description
Egah - what's going on? <Screams, shouts, and the roar of combat fills the radio.> {name}! Get back here right away. Hurry back to the gates - we're under attack! Help us fend off the invaders. I'm arming your grenade launcher!!
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #76 26.7 78.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inAzshara 26.7, 78.3
/way #76 26.7 78.3 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azshara 26.7, 76.2
/way #76 26.7 76.2 - Objective areaAzshara 27.0, 77.1
/way #76 27.0 77.1
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Azshara map
- Machines of War about 40 yards
- All Aboard! about 870 yards
- Twilight Skies about 1,330 yards
- Order of Incantations about 1,440 yards
- Arms: The Thieving Apprentice about 1,460 yards
- Professionally Good Looking about 1,460 yards
- Havoc: The Thieving Apprentice about 1,460 yards
- Frost: The Thieving Apprentice about 1,460 yards
- Survival: The Thieving Apprentice about 1,460 yards
- Subtlety: The Thieving Apprentice about 1,460 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Azshara, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azshara:
- Valormok, Azshara
- Orgrimmar, Durotar
- Southern Rocketway, Azshara
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Experience4,100 XP
ReputationBilgewater Cartel +250
Reward details
Reputation: Bilgewater Cartel +250
Run by the ruthless Trade Prince Gallywix, the Bilgewater Cartel is the most powerful trading company on the Isle of Kezan. From their headquarters at Bilgewater Port, the cartel dominates trade all over the South Seas.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Azshara that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Runaway Shredder! (+250), The Captain's Logs (+250), Up a Tree (+250), Arborcide (+350), Basilisk Bashin' (+250), Report to Horzak (+25).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Azshara
Part 4 of 88.
Previous: Up a Tree · Next: Arborcide
- 1Runaway Shredder!
- 2The Captain's Logs
- 3Up a Tree
- 4Defend the Gates!
- 5Arborcide
- 6A Quota to Meet
- 7Basilisk Bashin'
- 8Stone Cold
- 9The Perfect Prism
- 10Prismbreak
- 11Refleshification
- 12Another Warm Body
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 88.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Up a Tree
Hold still a second, I'm going to bring your main buzzsaw controls online. Night elven snipers from Talrendis have been hiding in the trees, taking potshots at my workers. I want you to take care of those snipers... by first taking care of those trees.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Arborcide
How's that shredder holding up? I think I can bring your emergency power supplies online - that'll recharge you when you're wounded. Listen, these night elves are being strengthened by an ancient of war who's taken root just west of the gates. He's a big, giant tree. You know what to do!
The storyline at a glance
Azshara has 88 steps, from Runaway Shredder! to The Conquest of Azshara.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azshara (88).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Azshara map
- Twilight Highlands
- Xylem Challenge
- A Golden Opportunity
- The Jade Forest, The Remains of Hellscream's Fist
- Mists of Pandaria
- Legion Blacksmithing
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Azshara.
